The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Wales region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Office Communications Server 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £381
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.38
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 112 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 13.85% 19.65% 20.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 45 72
Average daily rate £350 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £130 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £9.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.65 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Office Communications Server
UK